Richard "Dick" Halverson

I had the honor of working with Prof. Halverson in several venues. I found him to be among the best EE instructors at Minnesota. He had the gift of taking complex topics, breaking them down into manageable pieces, and re-assembling them in a logical sequence that made them easy to understand. As my honors project advisor, he was always there with helpful hints, encouraging words, and oodles of parts samples to keep the project on track. Finally, it was a thrill to work W0ZHN on the...

Sorry to hear about Dick's passing. My sympathy goes out to his family. I will always remember him as someone who loved a challenge--whether it was a crossword or sodoku puzzle--or an engineering problem. I still have a stick note on my monitor about an idea I wanted to run-passed him. He was always helpful with concepts and would give you the shirt off his back if that is what he thought you needed. And it all came with a big laugh. Aloha Dick.

My sincere condolences to Dr. Halverson's family and friends. He taught some of the most useful and inspiring EE classes I ever took while I was at the U of M. I was saddened by this news.

Among highlights of my U of MN days, Halvorson's honors class stands among the highest. His warmth, kindness, sense of humor, and teaching skill always impressed our class. Translating his wisdom that "the best engineers are the laziest" into a quest for low-cost, simple engineering solutions served me well throughout my engineering career.

We shallalways remember Dick's great sense of humor and wonderful tenor voice. He was a tremendous asset to our choir at St.John's-By-the-Sea in Kahaluu, Hawaii.

We knew Dick when we lived in Honolulu from 1988-1991. One Saturday we came out of the building supply store with a carload of lumber we'd impulsively (and stupidly) bought to build a bookshelf--and no way to transport it with our Honda Civic! Miraculously, there was Dick, whom we'd just met at church a few weeks before, in the parking lot with his truck. He insisted on toting our lumber to the woodworking shop on base and would hardly accept our thanks, let alone any money. I will always...

I met Dick shortly after he received his Ph.D. when I worked at Sperry Univac in St.Paul and he was doing consulting work there. I have met many engineers in my career and he was one of the brightest and very energetic too. I lost contact with him when he moved to Hawaii. He was about 50 then clean shaven then. But I recognized his peircing, yet friendly, eyes right away from the picture in the obituary.

I had Dick as an honors section professor at the U of MN. He was not only an outstanding teacher and fine individual but the most brilliant engineer that I've personally known.